Faculty Achievements

Top faculty award goes to FCS professor

Anne Bomba,
associate professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, was
selected as the winner of the 2008-09 Thomas Crowe Outstanding Faculty Award for
the School of Applied Sciences.

Bomba is routinely described by students as someone who goes above
and beyond in her role as a teacher and mentor. She joined the faculty in 1989
and has written or co-written a number of research articles and publications on
child development, parenting and child nutrition.

Professor’s summer
work to benefit students

Jim
Taylor, director of the hospitality management program, plans to share his wealth with students.

He
received a $1,750 professional development scholarship from the National
Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, which he used to gain industry
experience. He plans to bring back that newfound knowledge to the classroom.

Taylor
spent the summer developing financial plans for Ty Thames’ four Starkville
restaurants. Specifically, his job was to determine theoretical costs for food
and beverages and to develop financial forecasting models for the operations.
Thames’ overall goal is to improve the profitability of the restaurants and to
develop a profit-sharing program for managers.

Taylor
plans to use financial statements and forecasting tools he developed during the
summer in his classroom this fall.

“By
incorporating real-world financial challenges with textbook teaching, the
students will see the relevance of the lessons,” Taylor said. “I believe that
with the work experience I will be more capable of developing students and
preparing them with the skills and knowledge that industry deems important for
future managers.”

Faculty members
congratulated

The School of Applied Sciences is pleased to announce the following new, tenured and promoted faculty members.